#509AB4#509AB4

#509AB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.083 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509AB4
RGB	rgb(80, 154, 180)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, -15.51, -20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 25.74, 232.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% -0.0604 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.083 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0989, 28.1099, 47.3796)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509AB4 #B46A50

analogous

#50B49C #509AB4 #5068B4

triadic

#509AB4 #B4509A #9AB450

tetradic

#509AB4 #9C50B4 #B46A50 #68B450

square

#509AB4 #9C50B4 #B46A50 #68B450

split-complementary

#509AB4 #B45068 #B49C50

monochromatic

#295260 #3C768B #509AB4 #7BB3C6 #A6CBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#509AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#509AB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509AB4

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509AB4	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 154, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.083 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b7ca',
    500: '#509ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509ab4;
$custom-light: #89b7ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64882,
    "c": 0.08308,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509AB4

secondary

#C6A59A

accent

#7758D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #509AB4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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